GRE Word List

PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

Random words

WordMeaning
stammerto make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
comaa state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
poreto gaze intently
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
malcontenta discontented person:
verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
waketo be or remain awake